ma making news on this monday, april 12th. what went wrong? new questions about the plane crash that killed poland's president and nearly 100 others. waiting for word. the delayed effort to recover bodies from the big branch mine as investigators arrive on scene. and master class. phil mickelson's third win at augusta might be the most meaningful one yet. good morning. the nation of poland is in the midst of a week-long period of mourning. >> in the capital of warsaw, a sea of candles is one sign of the nagt's profound grief. at the same time, the government has wasted no time filling key

positions held by victims to saturday's air disaster. >> sonia gallego joins from us london with more. good morning. with that fatal plane crash that claimed the country's president and first lady, officials have pinpointed the plane's landing attempt. the plane's black box reveals that pilot error may have played a part in the crash. the vice president of russia's airport says the pilot of the 1245 aircraft was flying too low in thick fog and narrowly missed the runway when it attempted to land at pechorsk's airport, using this to demonstrate the ascent. aside from the president lech kaczynski only 15 bodies have been identified. the body was identified by his

twin brother yarraf. tens of thousands of people gathered to watch the body of president kaczynski go through the streets of warsaw, as sirens wailed, two minutes of silence went across the country. it has been a focus of people's tributes. but amidst the morning, many are turning their thoughts as to how the plane with so many high-ranking dignitaries on board came to such a tragic end. >> when you've got the president of the country and other dignitaries, the pressure on that pilot to get the plane where it was supposed to go is incredibly high. unfortunately, it sounds like it was too high. >> reporter: and across the united states, polish immigrants showed their condolence from new york.

the government is later expected to give details of the funeral arrangements. in the meantime, the president's body will lie in state at the presidential palace. jeremy, vinita. >> what about the reports that we're hearing that the pilot was pressured to land, maybe even by the president himself? >> well, the voice recorder may indicate that if that is true. now, that has been recovered but the contents have not been released publicly. two years ago, the president requested that the pilot land in dangerous conditions. the pilot disagreed. >> thank you. well, leaders from arnold the world are in washington for talks of nuclear security. t.j. winick joins from us washington with a preview. good morning, t.j. >> yeahmy, good morning to you. president obama has already been hard on work on this issue even before the conference begins. just yesterday he met with leaders from such countries as india and pakistan.

>> reporter: leaders from around the world are converging on washington on what many feel is the most urgent security issue in the world, how to prevent a devastating nuclear attack. >> the single biggest threat to u.s. security, both short-term, and long-term, would be the ponlt of a terrorist obtaining a nuclear weapon. >> reporter: on sunday, secretary of state hillary clinton talked about how the threat for nuclear weapons has changed over the years. >> the threat of nuclear war, nuclear tact as we zbru up in the cold war has diminished. the threat of nuclear terrorism has increaseded. >> reporter: president obama hopes to secure all vulnerable nuclear materials within four years, though intelligence experts believe may be unrealistic but necessary. >> world's got to treat the nuclear threats that we face with a much greater sense of urgency than we have in the last few years. >> reporter: the president hopes

to convince china to step up pressure over iran. >> their blelligerence it helpig to make our case every single day. >> the summit follows last week's signing of a treaty by the u.s. and russia which will cut nuclear warheads in each country by about 30%. the white house is also working on a list of candidates to preplace retiring supreme court justice john paul stevens. hearings will likely take place this summer with the new justice at the beginning of the next court term in october. federal investigators will arrive in west virginia to begin looking into that explosion that killed 29 coal miners but they won't be able to enter the mine right away. toxic gases have risen to deadly high levels again. all underground operations have been suspended until the mine can be properly ventilated. only a few of the 29 miners have

been removed to be buried. this afternoon, at 3:30, a moment of silence held to mark one week. charging customers for the carry-on bags. last week, spirit announced an increase on the bags. they asked to charge the airlines for the fee. when it was all over, the green jacket went to three-time winner phil mickelson. it was a dramatic final for mickelson who topped off the win with a long embrace with his ailing wife, his wife and mother are both battling breast cancer. >> such a great story. now, a look at the weather from around the nation. another stormy day out west. heavy rain for much of

california. 2 feet of snow in the sierras and a foot in the rockies. heavy rain in the dakotas, minnesota and withes with and some isolated thunderstorms across texas and south florida. >> miami, new orleans and dallas all hover around 80 degrees today. 60s for new york and baltimore. it's going to be warmer than normal in parts of the midwest, hitting the 70s in omaha, kansas city. wet and in the 50s from seattle to sacramento. ahead on "america this morning," international outrage after an american mother sends her adopted son back to russia alone. now, it could prevent other americans from adoption. and a frantic rescue as rising floodwaters carry a woman away. [ female announcer ] any hair can shine in the spotlight,

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well, you are looking at some incredibly dramatic video from northern california, a daring rescue attempt. the rescuers first tried to pluck a woman from rushing waters but she disappeared. >> the victim was then spotted about 20 yards downstream unconscious on a rock in the middle of a canal. the rescue team grabbed her and the helicopter whisked them both to safety. >> the very lucky lady was revived. paramedics working on her right on the banks of the river there. she was taken to the hospital. now, for a look at the morning's road conditions, still wet on interstate 5 from l.a. to

sack plenty toe. snow-covered roads in the sierras and the north central rockingkys. wet along i-20 in texas. >> if you're flying today, expect airport delays in seattle, san francisco, los angeles, salt lake city, minneapolis and miami. russia has threatened to suspend all child adoptions by u.s. families after a 7-year-old boy adopted by a woman from tennessee was sent alone on a one-way flight back to moscow. the child had a note saying he was violent and had severe psychological problems. it was the little boy's adopted grandmother who put him on the plane. despite the outrage, a family friend calls the family good people. >> she went to every expense, every precaution to make sure the child got there safely, correctly. and i mean, i don't see her just throwing him on a plane and sending him back. she would not do that. >> our george stephanopoulos is in moscow where he has been following this story.

he spoke to the russian president about whether adoptions to the united states should be stopped. >> this case has captured the attention of the russian public and top authorities in the russian government. and there are new developments today. a russian lawyer has come forward saying that on march 1st she was contacted by e-mail by the adopted grandmother of justin, nancy hansen, asking about the procedure for returning justin to russia. the lawyer said it was indeed possible. after that first esmail, she heard nothing further. so from the best we can determine, nothing happened after that. meanwhile, the russian foreign minister has said all russian adoptions should be spoken. when i spoke to president medvedev, i asked him about that idea. >> translator: we should understand what is going on with our children, we should refrain from adopting russian children by american parents. i can only say we are alarmed by

the tendency. >> so far, it seems at least that no final decision has been made about freezing the adoptions currently going forward. when i spoke with the american ambassador here, john buyerly, he said that the united states is going to speed up that agreement, and he hopes that the russians will not freeze the adoptions that are currently going forward. >> george will have more of his interview with the president. and also the exclusive interview with the russian official in charge of monitoring these children. it's coming up on "good morning america." there is still no sign of a colorado girl who vanished 12 weeks ago. kailee wilson wasn't seen since march 28th. searchers were out again yesterday combing the woods her her home. so far, a massive search by the fbi has failed to turn up any major leads. some health news this morning, teens and younger woman who regularly drink alcohol have

a higher risk for benign breast disease. that's from a study of 9,000 young women. those reported drinking at least six days a week are at highest rivlg. researches say they should cut alcohol consumption. hollywood is remembers dixie carter. she was best known for her wise-cracking character julia sugarbaker. >> i was reading in the newspaper about hollywood producers who are now going to predict people not sleeping around because of aids. what i want to know what is wrong with not sleeping around before aids? >> carter was nominated for an emmy for a guest stint on "desperate housewives." she died after battling cancer. her actor, hal holbrook said it was a terrible blow for the

family. good morning, i'm steve weissman with this espn news update. final round of the masters would be a dandy. tiger woods started the day four shots off the lead. now, after beginning his final round, 3 over par, he would get two back on one hole. from the fairway. sometimes golf will humble you. other times it will take you to unbelievable heights. this ball dropping for eagle. third in the tournament for tiger woods. he's back to 7 under par. 14th hole, tiger, 9 under. tying a birdie. can't get it. but then, oh, just tap this in for par. or not. he would make bogey. drop to 8 under, finished tied for fourth overall. meanwhile, overnight leader lee westwood trying to hold off some of the world's best players. looking for his first major championship.

9th hole, par 4. westwood missing the putt. he would finish in second place. phil mickelson from the trees. oh, he's going to like it. might just punch out from there. he'll punch is about five feet from the pin on the green. moves to 14 under par. and phil walking up the 18th fairway, the patrons loving lefty. a birdie putt for his third masters title. finished at 15 under. winning his fourth major. celebrates with the wife and family. an jell cabrera presenting mickelson with the green jacket. that will do it for this update for all your highlights and breaks scores make sure you stay current with espn news. coming up next on this monday, the stories that we'll be watching today. a top nfl quarterback find out if he'll have a new legal battle on his hands. and fast food fans have a

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. >> now good morning maryland. for what's happening here and off the side street and a huge concern for baltimore city police. midnight tonight, confetti will fall, the 2010 legislative session will be over. what did our lawmakers do. at 10:00 a.m., the mayor will tell us her plan, while cutting the budget. how she plans on doing it. i'm megan pringle. >> i'm jamie costello. >> what a great weekend it was. >> we haven't pooed mike gonzales in the last 48 hours. the boos may have settled down because the allergies but you are feeling it you are not alone. we have pillet up the pollen across the area, part of it has

to do with the dry weather put we have a system that will hopefully drop rain tomorrow which will take some pollen out of the air and give you some relief. today will be bad off the allergy friend, and in glen burnie, we have a dry set up here, we did have a cool front blow through and in maryland's most powerful doppler, five sweeps and we are sounding the all clear. it will probably drop a few more notching this morning. an exphowr a half away from sunrise, when the sun comes up and mostly sunny although a cool, sunny breeze, baltimore gets to 70 with 60s outside the beltway, the sun will up until 7:41. just one tick before 5:00. the first look at traffic on a monday morning as you get ready to start your day, 695 and hartford, we look at the cameras